Improvement in hand corn-planters



G. BURSON.

Hand Planter.

N0.107.59A. Patented Sept. 20, 1870.

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Letters Patent No. 107,594, dated September at, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN HAND CORN-PLANTERS.

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To all wlzom 'itmay-concern Be it known that I, GEORGE Bonsota'of EastPalestine, in the county of Oolumbiana and in the State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Hand Corn-Planters; anddo hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and'exactdescription thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawingmaking part of this specification, in which 7 Figure 1 is a verticallongitudinal section of my device, on the line x a; of fig. 2;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the same with the operating leverremoved;

I Figure 3 is a side elevation of one of the dropperirame blocks;

Figure 4 is a plan view of the dropper or slide;

Figure 5 is a cross-section of the same on the line yy] of fig. 4; and

Figure 6 is a side elevation of said slide.

Letters of like name and kind refer to like parts in each of thefigures. i

My invention is an improvement upon a hand cornplanter, for whichLetters Patent No. 88,607 were granted to 'me on the 6th day of April,1869 and It consists, principally, in the peculiar construction andarrangement of the-hopper and of the casing for inclosing the droppingdevices, by means of which great economy of material and space aresecured and a more convenient machine produced.

It also consists in the construction and arrangement of the droppingdevices and of the frame for inclosin'g the same, which'frame forms,also, the chutes for conducting the grain to the hills, as ishereinafter set forth.-

In the annexed drawing-- A and A represent the operating levers of mydevice, formed of two narrowstrips of board, each pro-- vided at itsupper end with a suitable opening, a,.between which and said end is lefta handle, B.

Secured to or upon the edges of the lever A are two strips of board, 0,which extend diagonally from the lower end of the same to a pointimmediately below the opening o,as shown in fig. 1, and furnish suitableprotection for the dropping devices, and also sides for the hopper D,'said hopper being completed by means of a back, E, corresponding inwidth to the space between said side pieces 0, and in length to thelength of the same. Secured to the sides 0, near their lower ends aretwo blocks, F, having the general form shown in fig. 3, the upper halfofwhich, being provided with sloping edges f, corresponding to the angleof theback E,

extend through'the lever'A, and are attached to said back, while thefront edge of said blocks extends downward in a line parallel withtheface of said lever.

The inner face of each block F'is removed vertically from its upper enddownward toabout "its center,

lengthwise, so as'to form a. ledge, at, extending backward and slightlyupward from, the front. a

Resting upon the ledge z, and secured to the blocks 1 is a strip, G,corresponding in width to the distance between said blocks, and having'a length somewhat greater than the distance from their front'edges tothe back E.

Corresponding in size with and resting upon the strip G is a slide, H,having within each edge near its center, lengthwise, a semicircularcavity or groove, h, which, commencing at a point near the lower side ofsaid slide, widen and deepen as they extend upward, until at the'upperside of the slide said cavities spread inward and to the rear, as shownin figs. 4and (i.

A spiral spring, I, resting within and projecting from the rear end ofthe slide, bears against the back E,-and holds said slide in theposition shown in fig. 1,

except when pressed inward by the means hereinafter described.

Secured within the rear of the blocks F, immediately above the slide H,is a thin strip of metal, K, which servesthe double purpose of a bottomfor the hopper D and a shield'for said slide, keeping from the latterall pressure from the grain in said hopper, and also preventing saidgrain from passing in rear of said slide.

Above the shield K, in and through the lever A, is provided an opening,L,.for the escape of grain from the hopper, which opening is opened orclosed, and the passage of said grain correspondingly varied by means ofa slide, M, secured to and working upon the face of said lever A.

A crossbar, F, secured to the front edges of the blocks 13, immediatelyabove-the slide H, holds the latter impositionvertically, and preventsthe grain resting thereon from passing outward.

Secured to the center, transversely of the inner face of the lever A, atand extending upward from its lower end, is a block, N, having the formshown infig. 1, and'eorresponding'in thickness to the space between theblocks F. Being placed in position between said blocks, a pin, it,passing through the same, the sides 0 and said block N secures thelatter in position and servesas a pivot for the lever A, upon which saidlever turns when its upper end is moved to or,from the lever A.

'lwo bills, 0, of usual form, the sections of which are attached to andextend downward from the lower ends'of the levers, upon their innerfaces, and at their edges, complete the device, which is operated asfollows:

The hopper being charged with grain, and the position of the slide Madjusted so as to rcgulatc the flow of said grain, the levers are movedtogether, so as to press inward the dropper or slide H and allow saidgrain to fill the cavities h, after which, if said levers are movedoutward, the spring I will force outward said dropper until its cavitiesare beyond the blocks F, when the grain contained within will dropdownward into the bills. It now the bills are forced downward into theground, and thelevers pressed together, said bills will be opened so asto allow their contents to drop out, and at the same time the droppetwill be recharged with seed, which, upon spreading apart said levers,will be deposited within said bills for the next operation.

The principal advantage possessed by this device arises'from thepeculiar construction and arrangement of the hopper and of the casingand frame of the dropping devices, as thereby bothspace and material areecouomized.

Another advantage-arises from the construction of the dropping devicesand of the frame within which they operate, the same being simple,durable, and not liable to get out ,of order.

Having thus fully. set forth the nature and merits of my invention,

What I claim as new, and ters Patent, is

The lever A, the side pieces 0, and the back E,when constructed andarranged as shown, so as to form ahopper, D, anda casing for thedropping devices, substandesire to secure by Lettially as and for thepurpose specified.

